Welcome to the Cruise & Sports Car [Import]

Judie Tzuke | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 9, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1980
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Edsel Records UK
• ASIN: B00005O05F
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #637,117 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Welcome To The Cruise

2. Sukarita

3. For You

4. These Are The Laws

5. Bring The Rain

6. Southern Smiles

7. Katiera Island

8. Ladies Night

9. New Friends Again

10. Stay With Me Till Dawn

11. Sportscar

12. Nightline

13. Chinatown

14. Understanding

15. The Choices You've Made

16. The Rise Of Heart

17. Living On The Coast

18. Molly

19. Rain On The Hills

Editorial Reviews

Two classic albums on one CD for the first time, 'Welcome To The Cruise' (1979) & 'Sports Car' (1980).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Friends of a friend that you used to know..., April 9, 2002

By 

Steven Cain (Temporal Quantum Pocket) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Welcome to the Cruise & Sports Car (Audio CD)

Welcome To The Cruise is perhaps the most flawless album I have ever heard. While Stay With Me Till Dawn and the utterly exquisite For You may be the songs that people most remember, every track on this album is a certified gem.

The brilliance of the songwriting is well complimented by the superb clean production and the wondrous string arrangements by Paul Buckmaster (who I believe did Elton John's Madman Across The Water). Add to this the simply stunning vocals of the incomparable Judie Tzuke and the oh so classy guitar work of the mighty Mike Paxman (check out his solo on the title track) and you have a once in a lifetime album.

While Cruise may eclipse Sports Car as a whole, SC contains many classic Tzuke masterpieces, including the devastatingly beautiful Understanding. The track Sports Car is Jude at her most cutting, lyrically speaking. The song is about a pretentious would be if he could be middle class poser, and the great lady's contempt for his shallowness - "Bet you tell stories of wine-loosened ladies and friends of a friend that you used to know..." and finally, the ultimate derision - "I bet you've got a sports car". Classic stuff.

If you love solid guitar playing, powerful, fresh original songs and breathtakingly beautiful and utterly distinctive female vocals, this amazing double set represents ridiculous value. Amazon does it again.